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Arts & Entertainment

In The Mood For Love

A complex web of relationships that all converge over the course of one day? You’re probably thinking you’ve already seen this movie.

by STEPHANIE GHITIS

One Track Mind

All lush vocals and sultry piano, “Crave You” is, in a word, captivating. Giselle Roselli’s brilliant melody and lovelorn lyrics are perfectly at home in the rich, musical world Flight Facilities have created; the retro, loungey vibe is offset by a perfectly modern breakdown and a few flawlessy placed claps and synths.

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3-D Upgrades

If Avatar’s success is any indication, we can expect many more 3-D films in the future.

by TUCKER JOHNS

Ready For Take-Off

Flight Facilities, comprised of Aussie artists Jimmy 2 Sox and U-Go-B, are taking off this year.

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A Dream Indeed

Beach House made big waves with their last album, Devotion, which was noted for its beautiful austerity and spartan soundscapes.

by JOE PINSKER

Guitar Gets Gangsta

One promise we can make about Lil Wayne’s latest album: the title is not a lie. On Rebirth, Wayne drops his regular proud-to-be-sleazy MC persona and embraces his inner head banger.

by ELENA GOORAY

Back To Basics

It’s probably too late to start liking Alkaline Trio. But for the many who count Goddamnit and Good Mourning as integral parts of their high-school soundtracks, the Trio’s most recent release, This Addiction, is the perfect opportunity to get reacquainted with these punk rockers. Alkaline Trio’s last two releases, Crimson and Agony & Irony, saw them stepping away from their roots.

by SEBASTIAN MODAK

Defibrillator: Indigo Girls, "Retrospective" (2000)

First introduced to me at summer camp, the Indigo Girls quickly found a way into my adolescent heart.

by JESSICA GOODMAN

This Week In...

MUSIC Sunday, 2/14: El Perro Del Mar, World Cafe Live, $15, All Ages Sweden’s own Sarah Assbring (yes, Assbring) is El Perro Del Mar, an appropriately sweet n’ salty lo-fi act that is taking the girls-with-pixie-cuts scene by storm.

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Extracurricularts

Philadelphia Glassworks 908A N. 3rd St. phillyglassworks.com Does working with molten glass at extremely high temperatures sound intimidating to you?

by ADRIAN PELLICCIA

Month In Music

FEBRUARY 2 The Album Leaf A Chorus of Storytellers Disco Biscuits Planet Anthem k.d.

by 34TH STREET

One Track Mind

Britain’s electro-pop scene shows no signs of losing its steam. No doubt about it, these Manchester blokes are blowing up.

by LILY AVNET

Defibrillator: Simon & Garfunkel, "Cecilia" (1970)

Some might argue that it’s odd for me to feel so strongly connected to a song that was released twenty-one years before I was even born.

by COLETTE BLOOM

Penn's Own Musicians On The Rise

This campus is full of alarmingly qualified individuals, so it comes as no surprise that a number of accomplished musicians and potential stars walk among us.

by ELENA GOORAY

This Is The Afterparty

In 2008, Made in the Dark catapulted Hot Chip to the forefront of electropop, capturing the attention of hipsters across the country.

by NICK STERGIOPOULOS

Sundance Shoutouts

Last weekend, after 10 days and 200 films, Sundance concluded another exciting indie film festival.

by 34TH STREET

Guilty Pleasure: Troop Beverley Hills (1989)

With its celebration of ’80s-style overindulgence and superficial consumerism, Troop Beverly Hills is just the film to combat those recessionista blues. Following her husband’s request for a divorce, materialistic socialite Phyllis Nefler (Shelley Long) plunges into her role as the leader of her daughter Hannah’s (Jenny Lewis long before Rilo Kiley) Wilderness Girls troop.

by MICHAEL GOLD

Sparks Fly

Nicholas Sparks should be proud of himself. Not only has he carved out a second home atop the New York Times bestseller list, but he has also practically monopolized the cinematic genre of tear-jerking romance.

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Dear Channing

Street: Dear John letters must be extremely painful to receive. Did you speak with any soldiers who received them while overseas Channing Tatum: I never actually ran into one that got an actual “Dear John” letter, but my whole unit, except for maybe four actors, were actual special forces, and I did get to talk to them about what it is to be away from somebody for that long, and how they communicate.

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This Week In...

MUSIC Thursday, 2/4: Telepathe with Prowler, Kung Fu Necktie, $10, 21+ Telepathe (it’s pronounced “telepathy,” guys) are a couple of New York girls just trying to make some fun music.

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